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Info session Dec. 10 for students of new construction trades school in Latonia

Classes to start Jan. 31 at Enzweiler Building Institute COVINGTON, Ky. – An information session will be held Dec. 10 for prospective students of two long-awaited construction trades training programs opening in Covington in early 2023. At the session, students can learn about curriculum...

Six small businesses to get boost from incentives

City’s first Historic Electric Sign incentive awarded COVINGTON, Ky. – A vintage clothing shop, a minority-owned barbershop, a legacy business, two buildings long overdue for updates, and an event space that will receive funds from the City’s first Historic Electric Sign Project...

4th St. ramp to close, Pike St. ramp to open as ‘Texas Turnaround’ nears completion

State project will mean safer, less congested Brent Spence COVINGTON, Ky. – How drivers enter Interstate 71/75 in Covington just south of the Brent Spence Bridge will change at 5 a.m. Thursday as construction of the $8.8 million “Texas Turnaround” edges closer to completion, sta...

Something to howl about: City’s first dog park opens Friday

COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington canines will have their own little patch of green to play on this winter. On Friday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m., the City’s first dog park opens with a small ribbon-cutting event, featuring remarks from community leaders and elected officials. “The facility ...

Kick off T-day with Drinksgiving, shopping local

COVINGTON, Ky. – Here we are in your inbox on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving so that you can get started on the weekend festivities (which starts tonight and largely involves imbibing). That’s not to say there isn’t more stuff going on this week after all the turkey business....

City Hall closed Thursday, Friday

COVINGTON, Ky. – “Happy Thanksgiving” a day early from the City of Covington – exactly 403 years after the first Thanksgiving celebration was allegedly held in Virginia … 233 years after President Washington proclaimed the first nationwide celebration … and...

Mayor’s Holiday Reading Challenge begins

Mary Kay Connolly, director of the City's Early Literacy Initiatives who coordinates Read Ready Covington, and Garret Freeman, an intern with Neighborhood Services, organize prizes. Motivated young readers will earn prizes COVINGTON, Ky. – ’Tis the season for young readers...

Work starts on redesigning Clay Wade Bailey Bridge Gateway

COVINGTON, Ky. – Emersion Design, LLC will help the City of Covington drastically improve both the look and function of a busy gateway that – to be polite – isn’t very inviting. The company was awarded a contract after a vote of the Covington Board of Commissioners on Tues...

TV favorites, s’mores & snowflakes

COVINGTON, Ky. – You know what’s happening next week. You’ll be working yourself into a frenzy in the kitchen. … Fretting yourself into a migraine just thinking about potential political debates with the family at the holiday table. … And then you’ll pass out fr...

City workers learning Spanish to bridge communication gaps with growing Hispanic population

Fares da Silva, president of Silva Languages, instructs City employees in an 8-week Spanish course offered at City Hall. COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington es una ciudad que celebra su diversidad, equidad e inclusión. Thanks to an 8-week Spanish course initiated by the City of Covington&rsq...
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